Past Coverage

• Study Says Rigor of High-School Course Work Is the Best Predictor of College Graduation - June 4, 1999
• Proportions of Colleges Using Various Selection Criteria for Undergraduate Admissions, 2007-8 - August 24, 2009
• More Points for 'Strivers': the New Affirmative Action?A Different Approach to Testing - September 17, 1999
• Why Can't We Stop Talking About the SAT? - November 5, 1999
• What States Aren't Saying About the 'X-Percent Solution' - June 2, 2000

Featured Commentary

• The Berkeley Protest: Fresh Anger in the Footsteps

  The Berkeley students who protested the big tuition increase at the University of California impressed Murray Sperber, who was in their shoes 45 years ago.

• Teaching Matters: Creating Lives in the Classroom

  Online avatars bring German history to life for students at Stanford. Edith Sheffer explains.

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  A Fine Legal Mess: When Student Groups Collide With Anti-Bias Policy

  Can a college compel a student group to abide by antidiscrimination rules that violate its religious views? The U.S. Supreme Court isn't saying, writes Robert M. O'Neil.

Campus Viewpoint

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Under President Joseph Aoun, Northeastern University has embarked on a strategic plan that will guide it in its goals as a 21st century research university. Chief among those goals is to educate the next generation of creative thinkers and...